BlueWave is hiring a Process Operator for an aerospace organization based in Texas. As a Process Operator, you will operate, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot industrial utility and process systems. This hands-on role requires strong mechanical and electrical fundamentals, systems-level thinking, and the ability to respond safely to changing operating conditions.
Responsibilities
- Operate and support industrial utility and process systems
- Perform equipment rounds and monitor process conditions
- Identify equipment or process deviations and take appropriate corrective action
- Perform preventive maintenance on critical utility equipment
- Troubleshoot pumps, valves, motors, regulators, generators, compressors, and related equipment
- Monitor control-system alarms, equipment status, and operating parameters
- Support instrumentation, electrical, and process-control systems
- Coordinate field responses to alarms and equipment issues
- Assist engineers and technicians with mechanical and fluid-system improvements
- Support system overhauls, upgrades, and reliability initiatives
- Create, improve, and execute operating procedures
- Read and interpret P&IDs, schematics, wiring diagrams, and equipment documentation
- Follow lockout/tagout, job hazard analysis, hot-work, and site-safety requirements
Requirements
- Strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on troubleshooting ability
- Knowledge of pumps, valves, motors, regulators, and industrial mechanical systems
- Understanding of temperature, pressure, flow, and power principles
- Foundational knowledge of mechanical, electrical, controls, and instrumentation systems
- Ability to identify abnormal equipment and process conditions
- Ability to determine root causes of equipment issues
- Ability to read technical procedures, diagrams, and equipment documentation
- Strong systems thinking and technical problem-solving skills
- Ability to work safely when procedures require evaluation or improvement
- Ability to perform outdoor and hands-on work
- Ability to stand, walk, climb ladders, perform overhead work, and work at elevated heights
- Willingness to work shifts, overtime, and weekends as required
Preferred Qualifications
- Power plant, utility plant, or industrial process operations experience
- Control-room or control-board operations experience
- Military power-generation or shipboard engineering experience
- Water or wastewater operations experience
- Water or wastewater operator licensing
- Experience with backup power generation or specialized process systems
- Experience with centrifugal or reciprocating compressors
- Experience with instrumentation, controls, P&IDs, or electrical schematics
- Experience with industrial electrical distribution equipment
- Experience in oil and gas, chemical processing, refining, manufacturing, or similar facilities
Employment Type: Contract-to-hire, onsite in Texas; five 12-hour shifts per week with overtime and weekend work as required
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